Bhubaneswar: Flight with migrant Odias from Dubai is all set to take off from Dubai Airport on May 14 and will reach the capital city of Bhubaneswar directly. Huge number of Odias who were stranded in Dubai and wanted to return home but had not been able to do so due to the sudden […]

Bhubaneswar: Flight with migrant Odias from Dubai is all set to take off from Dubai Airport on May 14 and will reach the capital city of Bhubaneswar directly.

Huge number of Odias who were stranded in Dubai and wanted to return home but had not been able to do so due to the sudden lockdown that was enforced due to COVID19 outbreak have boarded a direct flight to Bhubaneswar.

It is noteworthy that this is the first such direct flight from Dubai to Bhubaneswar. The Consulate General of India advised the Odisha government for a direct flight as there is a huge Odia community in the UAE.

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Bhubaneswar: Flight with migrant Odias from Dubai is all set to take off from Dubai Airport on May 14 and will reach the capital city of Bhubaneswar directly. There are a huge number of Odias who are stranded in Dubai and want to return home but have not been able to do so due to […]

Bhubaneswar: Flight with migrant Odias from Dubai is all set to take off from Dubai Airport on May 14 and will reach the capital city of Bhubaneswar directly.

There are a huge number of Odias who are stranded in Dubai and want to return home but have not been able to do so due to the sudden lockdown that was enforced due to COVID19 outbreak.

It is noteworthy that this is the first such direct flight from Dubai to Bhubaneswar. The Consulate General of India advised the Odisha government for a direct flight as there is a huge Odia community in the UAE.

An exception has been made in this regard and a direct flight has been started said the president of the Odisha Samaj, UAE. Indian state of Odisha have managed to initiate and arrange the first ever direct flight from Dubai to Bhubaneswar reported.

Consul General of India Vipul confirmed the news to Khaleej Times and said: ” Yes the first direct flight from Dubai to Bhubaneswar will take off on May 14.”

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Dubai: A 25-year-old Indian youth from Kerala, allegedly fell to death from a residential apartment here, sources said on Tuesday. The incident reportedly took place in Silicon Oasis. Sabeel Rahman, a planning engineer who has been living in Dubai since 2018, fell off a building near his work site on Monday, said Naseer Vatanapally, a […]

Dubai: A 25-year-old Indian youth from Kerala, allegedly fell to death from a residential apartment here, sources said on Tuesday.
The incident reportedly took place in Silicon Oasis.
Sabeel Rahman, a planning engineer who has been living in Dubai since 2018, fell off a building near his work site on Monday, said Naseer Vatanapally, a social worker
Vatanapally is assisting the family to repatriate his mortal remains back home to Thirur in Malappuram district, Khaleej Times reported.
“The case is a bit unusual. We’re not sure why he went to the building near his worksite,” said the social worker.
“His family is unaware of any issues he may have faced. He had asked his brother to collect a new mobile phone he had purchased online – which they received. He had no reason to take his life,” he added.

Dubai: A Dubai-based Indian expat has completed her record bid to sing 1,000 songs in 1,000 days, with all songs written, composed, sung and recorded entirely by her, a media report said. Swapna Abraham, 48, has been recognised by the Golden Book of World Records for four awards, including the “quotidian feat of composing, producing […]

Dubai: A Dubai-based Indian expat has completed her record bid to sing 1,000 songs in 1,000 days, with all songs written, composed, sung and recorded entirely by her, a media report said.

Swapna Abraham, 48, has been recognised by the Golden Book of World Records for four awards, including the “quotidian feat of composing, producing and publishing a song ‘live’ incessantly for 1,000 days from April 8, 2017 to January 2, 2020”, the Gulf News report said on Friday.

She is also going to apply to the Guinness World Records for “the most number of songs in a digital album.”

In reality, she has sung more than 1,000 songs a day as she also sung an additional song for children over the 1,000 consecutive days – plus a third, fourth, or fifth song on many of the days. Once she even managed to complete 22 songs in one day.

Abraham, who works for a management consulting firm in Dubai, said she wanted to end her decades-long music career by, ironically, singing 1,000 songs in 1,000 days.

“After doing music professionally for 24 years and publishing 22 albums, I still felt I was very unfulfilled as a musician, as an artist. I couldn’t understand what it was.

“So I made a decision to give up music for good and almost immediately after that I told myself I want to do one more very difficult thing and then I will give it up. And that’s when I decided I would do a song a day for 1,000 days,” Gulf News quoted Abraham as saying.

All her songs are original, meaning she had to create 1,000 themes or stories (more counting the additional songs) and the endless lyrics.

Dubai: Two elderly Indian women completed the Dubai Run here on wheelchairs, a media report said on Saturday. Kusum Bhargava, an 86-year-old Indian woman, who was probably the oldest participant in the 5-km on Friday, told the Khaleej Times: “It was a great experience. I met so many people. “So many people came and took […]

Her family pushed her on a wheelchair, all the way from start to completion.

After completing the race, Eiswari Amma told Khaleej Times: “My son would always take us to Dubai and show us the Sheikh Zayed Road lined with beautiful buildings. Today, when we were actually on the road on foot, it was truly amazing.”

Dubai on Friday witnessed a spectacular display of community, solidarity and enthusiasm as 70,000 residents and visitors of all ages came together to create history and take part in the inaugural Dubai Run.

Runners were led by Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Executive Council of Dubai, and the event featured two courses to ensure it is highly inclusive – 5-km and 10-km route.

Nuakhai Bhet Ghat was celebrated in UAE with its grandeur and excitement. Hosted by the Nuakhai Paribar of Dubai the grand event was held at the Credence High School auditorium on 20th September 2019. This sixth edition of Nuakhai Bhet Ghat saw a lineup of several cultural programs by local talents as well as troupes […]

Nuakhai Bhet Ghat was celebrated in UAE with its grandeur and excitement. Hosted by the Nuakhai Paribar of Dubai the grand event was held at the Credence High School auditorium on 20th September 2019.

This sixth edition of Nuakhai Bhet Ghat saw a lineup of several cultural programs by local talents as well as troupes invited from Odisha, India.

As many as 80 local artists including kids, teens, and adults enthralled the 600 plus audience with their traditional Sambalpuri dance and song performances. The Rang Farua Group from Sambalpur, constituting 15 members kept the audience awestruck with their vibrant performance.

Honorable Member of Parliament and National secretary BJP Shri Suresh Pujari graced the occasion as Chief Guest. Shri Vipul, Honorable Consul General, Indian Consulate, Dubai was the Guest of Honour.

The program started with the lighting of lamps and offering “Nua Dhan” (new paddy) to the deity of Sambalpur, Maa Samaleswari. Shri Pujari praised the efforts of the host Odia community in organizing such an event here in UAE and keeping the great Indian traditions and culture alive even though staying outside India while inculcating the same in the new generations by involving the participation of kids in the program.

In his speech, Pujari said that he is amazed to see such a huge gathering of Odias and that this was the best Nuakhai Bhet Ghat he has ever seen. He congratulated the organizer for putting up such a beautiful show and expressed great satisfaction that our culture is being spread far and wide.

The excitement and interest built up to the event saw its culmination with an excellent line up of cultural programs by the local artists and huge support and involvement of the audience.

The first half was entirely dedicated to the local talents. The auditorium reverberated with the rich tunes of Sambalpuri beats and the entire atmosphere was electric which saw most of the audience dancing on the floor.

After lunch the external troupe entertained the audience and raised the excitement to a new level.

Sambalpur is known for its music, dance, and song as much as for the world-famous Sambalpuri dress. The rich culture and tradition of Sambalpur were quite visible as everyone adorned the traditional attire and the live performances created an aura of a festival giving a feeling of celebration at home in Odisha.

The community also felicitated renowned Sambalpuri singers Satrughan Luha and Pami for their invaluable contributions to Sambalpuri music and songs. They rendered some of their popular numbers to win heart of the audience.

The Head of Rang Farua Troupe Shri Durga Das mesmerized the audience with his soulful performances. The dance, song and music presented by the troupe were simply superb.

Traditional food was served and people greeted each other in the traditional way called “Bhetghat” (meet and greet) which was like the icing on the cake.

Later, all the local talents were presented with certificates and mementoes for their participation. A quiz contest in WhatsApp was running successfully for two weeks preceding the program wherein the whole community participated with great excitement and which serves as a great learning experience to know more about Western Odisha. Every day one question is put and one winner is selected. All the quiz winners were also felicitated on this occasion.

A day full of fun and flavor came to an end in the evening at around 7 pm after 9 hours of nonstop activities and it had a lasting impression in the minds of all the people present there. They definitely look forward to this celebration next year with lots more enthusiasm.

The organizers have assured that the tradition will continue and each year they will try to make it better and bigger.

Bhubaneswar: Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has requested the Civil Aviation Ministry for a direct flight between Bhubaneswar-Dubai. In a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on dated September 17, Pradhan said that more than 15,000 Odia people residing in different parts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who are […]

In a letter to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on dated September 17, Pradhan said that more than 15,000 Odia people residing in different parts of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) who are forced to undertake an indirect route for travelling to Odisha.

“At present Bhubaneswar is connected internationally, via direct flight, to only one destination i.e. Bangkok, Thailand. Three has been a long pending request from various quarters for introducing a direct flight from Bhubaneswar to Dubai, UAE,” read the letter.

Recently, Odia Society of UAE had a meeting with GM Air India Middle-east and Africa regarding viability of a direct Air India flight between Bhubaneswar and Dubai, he mentioned in the letter.

As Odisha capital is the educational, healthcare and tourist hub and for the welfare of the commuters, Pradhan appealed to the Centre to introduce a direct flight connecting these two destinations.

“Keeping mind the welfare of commuters to and from Bhubaneswar-Dubai and larger potential for development of Odisha, I request your personal intervention in launching a direct flight between Bhubaneswar-Dubai at the earliest,” the Minister requested.

New Delhi: Passengers traveling to the UAE by Air India flights can now carry upto 40 kg of check-in luggage. This comes after the national carrier increased the baggage limit by 10 kg. “As demanded by the people here, Air India will allow passengers to carry 40 kgs as luggage in the check-in besides the […]

New Delhi: Passengers traveling to the UAE by Air India flights can now carry upto 40 kg of check-in luggage. This comes after the national carrier increased the baggage limit by 10 kg.

“As demanded by the people here, Air India will allow passengers to carry 40 kgs as luggage in the check-in besides the usual 7 kg that the traveller carries as hand baggage,” Air India Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Ashwini Lohani.

The changes will be implemented with immediate effect for those booking their tickets Tuesday onwards, Lohani said.

Hindu Goddess Saraswati, the provider of education, was worshipped in Dubai. On the Saraswati Puja day on Tuesday the Odia society of Dubai organized worship of the Goddess and celebrated together in a divine atmosphere. Worship of Goddess Saraswati, who is also known as Bakdevi (the Goddess who provides power to speak) took place at […]

Hindu Goddess Saraswati, the provider of education, was worshipped in Dubai. On the Saraswati Puja day on Tuesday the Odia society of Dubai organized worship of the Goddess and celebrated together in a divine atmosphere.

Worship of Goddess Saraswati, who is also known as Bakdevi (the Goddess who provides power to speak) took place at the auditorium of Yahaa residency where around 150 nonresident Odias (NRO) took part.

The platform was decorated with colourful flowers. The worship was performed amid sounds of the divine hulahuli (vocal sound women produce in respect of the God/Goddess), conch, cymbals, and bells. The devotees offered flowers to the Goddess and later consumed the offering together.

On this occasion, some NROs also performed devotional songs. Every year the Odia society of Dubai celebrates festivals like Pausha Purnima, Nuakhai, Ganesh puja and bhai jiuntia in Dubai with all fanfare.

KalingaTV News Network Dubai: Bollywood actor Sridevi died of accidental drowning in her hotel bath tub after losing consciousness, a forensic report of the Dubai government said on Monday. “Following the completion of post mortem analysis, Dubai police headquarters today stated that the death of the Indian actress Sridevi occurred due to drowning in her […]

Dubai: Bollywood actor Sridevi died of accidental drowning in her hotel bath tub after losing consciousness, a forensic report of the Dubai government said on Monday.

“Following the completion of post mortem analysis, Dubai police headquarters today stated that the death of the Indian actress Sridevi occurred due to drowning in her hotel apartment’s bath tub following loss of consciousness,” the Dubai government’s media office said on Twitter.

Following the completion of post-mortem analysis, @DubaiPoliceHQ today stated that the death of Indian actress Sridevi occurred due to drowning in her hotel apartment’s bathtub following loss of consciousness.

The 54-year-old actress breathed her last on Saturday night, leaving Bollywood in deep shock and millions of fans heartbroken around the world.

Sridevi was in Dubai for a family wedding, and had stayed back after the ceremonies. Her husband Boney Kapoor had flown back to Mumbai with their younger daughter Khushi, but he had returned to Dubai to surprise her, sources said.

Before making it big in Bollywood in late 1970s, the actor was already an established star in South India with many hits in Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam movies. Her acting career began at the age of four and by 13 she was cast in the adult role of a woman.

The versatile actor was best known for her roles in “Sadma”, “Lamhe”, “Mr India”, “Chandni” and “Himmatwala”.

In 2013, she was honoured with Padma Shri – the country’s fourth-highest civilian award.